The community events collect public feedback on tech initiatives, provide access to tech-based community services — and make tech fun for kids, city officials say.
San Antonio’s smart cities program was missing something when it launched in 2017, and the city’s team knew it, said Emily Royall, smart city administrator. “We realized what was missing was hands-on interaction with our residents,” she said.
This realization was the city’s impetus for creating the SA Sandbox, an annual event where residents and Smart Cities staff come together to explore and discuss the technologies that San Antonio is implementing or hopes to.
Weiterlesen: US: Texas: Smart city ‘sandbox’ lets San Antonio residents play with technology
The City of Colorado Springs, under Mayor Yemi’s leadership, has developed a 2024 Strategic Doing Framework. This document is informed by community input through Listening Tours and Solutions Team recommendations. It also includes input from City staff and City Councilmembers. This Framework does not represent every action the City will take in 2024. It represents what the community asked its municipal government to prioritize in the near term.
This framework will help inform the City’s long-term strategic plan, which is actively being developed and will be published in the summer of 2024. As part of the Strategic Plan implementation, annual Strategic Doing Frameworks will be a key deliverable from Mayor Yemi’s Administration. The purpose is to move ideas and plans into action-oriented collaborations that result in measurable outcomes.
Weiterlesen: US: Colorado Springs: 2024 Strategic Doing Framework
As cities develop microgrids for energy resiliency and increase the adoption of electric vehicles, they are increasingly turning to smart city technologies to enable these transitions.
Cities, school districts and other public-sector organizations are prioritizing sustainability and climate policies, turning to smart city tech to help them achieve their goals.
Weiterlesen: US: Smart City Tech Is Evolving to Include Sustainability Features
Maryland Governor Wes Moore recently unveiled a series of pivotal steps to revolutionize the state’s digital landscape. This comprehensive transformation plan pivots on four key strategies: the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), the adoption of user-centered digital service design, the assurance of equitable access to information technology, and the fortification of Maryland’s digital infrastructure through enhanced intergovernmental collaborations.
Governor Moore emphasized the necessity of not just rebuilding but modernizing state government. “In our first year, we learned that it isn’t enough to rebuild state government — we need to modernize state government too,” he stated. His vision includes enhancing the user experience on state websites, ensuring accessibility of state services to all, including individuals with disabilities, and strengthening cybersecurity across the public sector to safeguard against cyber threats.
Weiterlesen: US: Maryland Launches Digital Transformation Initiative
The historic city of Savannah might one day get a ‘digital facelift’ thanks to a group of Georgia architecture students and innovators.
Last month, sixteen Kennesaw State University (KSU) architecture students presented their ideas for a “Digital District” along Savannah’s historic riverfront. And the smart city designs show how technology can be used to improve the lives of visitors and residents in the “The Hostess City of the South.”